AppleTalk Networking and Routing

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

AppleTalk networking and routing

A computer running Services for Macintosh can provide routing and seed routing support. An AppleTalk router broadcasts routing information, such as network addresses, and keeps track of and directs data packets on AppleTalk networks. Seed routers perform these functions and also seed the physical networks on which they reside. Seeding a network means establishing and initializing the network address information for that network.

You can install an unlimited number of network adapters on a computer running Services for Macintosh in order to add to an AppleTalk internet.

For more information on AppleTalk networking and routing, see:

• AppleTalk network media

• AppleTalk networks

• Phase 2 AppleTalk networks

• AppleTalk routing information

• Working with AppleTalk seed routers

• Making a router plan

• Assigning AppleTalk network numbers and ranges

• Assigning AppleTalk zones

• Creating an AppleTalk router record

• AppleTalk over PPP